Local Sports

March 3, 2015

The St. Marys Area girls swim and dive team captured the girls District 9 championship on Saturday at the District 9 meet held at Clearfield Area High School. This is the third straight year the Lady Dutch have won the team title and the third straight year they have finished the season undefeated.
The Lady Dutch finished the meet with 419 points followed by Clearfield with 299.5, Bradford 268 and Brookville 130.5.

March 2, 2015

March 1, 2015

By

Jim Mulcahy

It was back to business as usual for the Elk County Catholic Crusaders on Saturday afternoon at Clarion University. Three days after falling to Clarion-Limestone in the District 9 Class A semifinals, the Crusaders got back into the win column after battling the Venango Catholic Vikings throughout a close game, winning by eight, 56-48, to enter the PIAA Class A playoffs as the third seed from District 9.

February 28, 2015

By

Jim Mulcahy

The Elk County Catholic Lady Crusaders defeated the Cameron County Lady Raiders by a 61-45 score Friday night in the District 9 Class A girls consolation game played at the St. Marys Area Dutch Oven.
Both teams will advance to the PIAA Class A Tournament which opens next Saturday, March 7. Elk Catholic will meet the District 10 champion while Cameron County will meet the District 6 champion.

February 26, 2015

By

Jim Mulcahy

The Clarion-Limestone Lions advanced to the District 9 Class A boys championship game by defeating the Elk County Catholic Crusaders by a 49-40 score in overtime Wednesday night at Clarion University's Waldo Tippin Gymnasium.

February 25, 2015

By

Jim Mulcahy

The Venango Catholic Vikings rallied in the fourth quarter to come-from-behind to hand the Elk County Catholic Lady Crusaders their first loss of the season by a 50-39 score in a District 9-A semifinal game played at the DuBois Area Middle School.

February 23, 2015

By

Becky Polaski

The St. Marys Area High School gymnastics team finished as the runner-up in the Bronze division at the Pa. Classic Gymnastics Championships over the weekend, ending up just over five points behind Chambersburg in the battle for the title. Chambersburg had a team score of 133.241, while St. Marys earned a 127.809. Placing third was Bellefonte with a score of 125.759 while DuBois Area was fourth with a score of 116.758.

February 23, 2015

By

Becky Polaski

Seven individuals were inducted into the District 9 Wrestling Hall of Fame on Saturday night prior to the start of the finals of the District 9 Class AA and AAA Individual Wrestling Tournament at Clarion University, and among those individuals was current St. Marys Area assistant wrestling coach Doug Surra.

February 23, 2015

The St. Marys Sportsmen's 12th Annual "Size Doesn't Matter" Coyote Hunt was held this past weekend with 140 hunters signed up from around the state. The registered hunters ranged from Harrisburg to Erie to Pittsburgh, and two from New York State.

February 23, 2015

College Basketball Weekend Roundup

Saturday February 21st, 2015

(#1) Kentucky (27-0) 110
Auburn (12-15) 75

Kentucky played host to SEC league door matt Auburn and appropriately blew them out of the gym. Kentucky used a 23-2 run in the first half to break open a 27 point first half lead. They never looked back as Auburn never seriously threatened again. Karl Anthony Towns led Kentucky with 19 points and 10 rebounds.